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Missouri Senate to take up FY2026 operating budget as May 9 deadline approaches
Summary
With the legislative session entering its final weeks, Missouri Senate leaders said the chamber could consider the fiscal year 2026 operating budget next week; lawmakers expressed competing priorities including restoring $300 million to the school funding formula and reducing voucher program spending by $50 million.
The Missouri Senate could consider the fiscal year 2026 state operating budget as soon as next week, Missouri Senate Majority Floor Leader Tony Luke Demeyer of Parkville said, with state law requiring the budget be delivered to the governor by 6 p.m. on Friday, May 9.
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